home stretch. president obama is now in japan, the final stop of his 10-day trip to asia. why some say the president will be coming back to d.c. empty handed. waiting for help. two emts in the district ar under investigation this morning. news 4 learned they lied about their response time in a case which ended in the death of a 72-year-old woman. end of the road. a major construction project that backed up drivers and is coming to an end. first, you have to endure a weekend of traffic woes. good morning. thanks for joining us for news 4 today. i'm eun yang. >> i'm joe krebs on this friday, the 12th of november, 2010. a lve look outside right now. the sky is lightening as we're headed towards the weekend. let's find out what the weather is going to be. >> but there's no lightning. >> it's growing brighter, that's for sure. >> sunrise, 45 minutes away. good morning. right now it is cold. mostocations at or below

freezing on is friday morning. 38 at national airport. bit milder near the bay. adams moan, restin, potomac, freezing temperatures in many locations. out of the mountains, too. low 20s in west virginia and parts of western maryland. weather watchers reporting a clear sky. we have a large ridge of high pressure that is in place here and locked in place along the atlantic seaboard from stern cana canada, gulf coast, giving us plenty of sunshine. by noon, mid-50s. early afrnoon, low 60s. a look at saturday, sunday, monday in ten minutes. how is the traffic now, jerry? >> off we go. picking up volume on 95, 395 from fredericburg into downtown washington. so far no accidents, broken down cars, anything to disrupt the flow. that's very goodews. elsewhere, te a peek at the american legion bridge. i-66 to college park moving along pretty well for this time

of the morng. one more stop, accident, inner loop off wilson bridge between route 1 and telegraph to be more precise. police are on e scene. an accident 66 inside the beltway near east falls church metro station. a car smacked into a guardrail. so we'll get more information on that as quickly as we can. out to the rails, metrorail doing fine. vre, not so much. two trains delayed, 300 and 302. mark rail, 503 nine minutes behind schedule. we're on top o breaking news this morning. a man is shot and killed at 11th and galloway street. it happened at fort circle park. he was shot in the head. police say they're looking for a gray chevy tahoe with two people inside. air force one just touched down in tokyo, japan. president obama will attend another economic summit.

earlier today he held a press conference in seoul, south korea. he warned other countries not to slip back into the old ways that caused the economic crisis in the first place. >> we agreed to keep focusing on growth. at home,he united states has been doing our part by making historic investments and infrastructure in investigation, research and clean energy. as a consequence our economy is growing again as we must do more to ensure the growth is sustained and translates into jobs for our people. at the g-20 summit, the president was unsuccessful in securing a free trade agreement with south korea. he also made little progress with china and tas about currency. the u.s. has long accused china of deliberately keeping its currency value low in order to boost its exports >> we're following a developing story in indonesia. hot ash is poouring from mt.

merapi. the volcano violently erupted two weeks ago after sitting rmant for years. a series of blasts killed 206 people. it includevictims who died of respiratory problems and other illnesses related to all these eruptions. this morning the d.c. fire department is inveigating allegations that two emts lied about where their ambulance wa when responding to a call in which an elderly woman had died. they were originally signed to 14th street north of park road early one woman in september. a 911 call came in about an incident of a woman bleeding from medical incision on her neck. the ambulance arrived 16 minutes later. the ambulance was apparently not at the firestation near the woman that eventually died. instead, it was at a statn a few miles away. they are not commenting on the

incident. hospital center are planning to go through with a one-day strike on the day before thanksgiving. national nurses unit says understaffing is hurting patient care. the union now hopes a strike wi force a new contract with hospital management. they do have a contingency plan in place in case they strike. >> and d.c. drivers, listen up. beginning today, you will get a ticket if you're caught by one of three new red light cameras. connecticut avenue and porter, 14th and k streets and third street and new york avenue northwest. cameras have been up for abo a month but only issuing warnings so far. now, though if you get caught going through a red light you will receive a $75 ticket in the mail. >> a traffic alert for drivers. ohio drive construction that's given drivers headaches for months now is nearly complete. but they'll have to deal with one last weekend of closures. news 4's megan mcgrath is li

with more. good morning, megan. >> reporter: well, good morning, eun. this project has been going on for months and it's been causing major problems for folks not just for folks who travel through ohio dri but backed up to virginia. it's bn a choke point for a long time. good news, this project is going to be over by monday's ru hour. bad news, we'll have a major, major closure or the weekend and it's going to tie up traffic here. they will close ohio drive down completely for the duration of the weekend. let'take a look at the specifics here. they will shut down ohio drive at 11:00. late tonight they will be doing the work through the weekend. they will reopen the road at 5:00 a.m. on monday in time for rush hour. shut down over rock creek parkway, independence avenue at 23rd street. they will do paving, striping.

the best way to do that and get it done as quickly as possible is just to shut the road dn. you're not going to be able to take ohio drive from friday night until early monday morning. the good news here, eun, once they reopen this road this project is history. >> a welcomed change. megan mcgrath. megan, thank you. and you could be in for long delays if you are taking metro this weekend. crews will be doing work on all five lines. red line passengers should add a half hour between shady grove and twin brook and 20 minutes between new york and rhode land avenue. orange, expect delays 30 minutes between vienna and west falls church. half-hour delays also expected on the blue and yellow line at paddock road. and green line 20 minutes between prince george's plaza and college park. who wants to start charging

admission at smithsonian. i'm pat collins. it's the 10-second soundoff. starts with a bell. ends with a whistle. you've got to keep it short. you've got to keep it clean. you've goto keep it snappy. soundoff coming up on news 4. you'll want to stick around for that and stick around for weather and traffic on the ones

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6:11. time for weather and traffic. big game coming upmonday night for the skins and eagles. we have a small chance of a shower. for now today, low 60s by midafternoon. tonight should be clear. down to the mid-30s b dawn on saturday. bright and sunny tomorrow with highs in the mid-60s. sunday, increasing clouds. highs, cloe 60s. chilly each morning through the weekend. monday, partly cloudy. there is a small chance of a shower afternoon or evening. odds are it will be dry monday night. high near 60 monday afternoon. a look at next week in ten minutes. tom, things unfortunately a little sticky. inbound 66 inside the beltway a mile or so, mile and a half, accident. police are on the scene. left lne taken away. inbound on 66. the other problem is on the beltway inner loop between route 1 in alexandria and telegraph

road. police on the scene of a two-car accident there. let's show you what the delays look like. backup at oxen hill. traveling inner loop across the wilson bridge headed towards the accident scene. pack your patients. you ll need them. metro okay. vre a couple minor delays. 304 and 302. mark brunswi 874 and penn 503 slightly delayed. thank you, jerry. 6:13. 41 degrees. talk about bad timing. the cartoon that has many veterans upset this morning >> also ahead, unbelievable. three women attacked outside a local american legion ha >> how a local woman lost her belo

now to a story you saw first on 4. a veterans day attack at an american legion post. an attacker approached a victim while she was laying a wreath ouide. he reportedly handcuffed her and two other women inside after one of the victims tried to fight him off. >> she came out and jumped on his back and threw coffee on him and tried to get h off me. he just kept running around, where's the money? >> the woman ended up serving veterans after being treated at the hospital. police say the suspect took off in one of the victim's cars. they found the car but no other signs of the suspect. a silver spring man is facing assault charges this morning after a dramatic road rage incident. it happened sunday afternoon in prince george's county along powder mill road in beltsville.

police say 47-year-old andrew dunn was trying to pass a car but could not. the other car stopped and dunn pulled up next and started yelling at the driver inside. when the driver pulled away and call police, dunn pulled out a gun and started firing shots. police heard evething over the phone. no one was hurt. >> having a pet die is never easy, but for one maryland woman e had to deal with the loss of her dog twice because the pet cemetery lost her dog's remains on a highway all because a door was not closed. they lost teddy because the driver forgot to close the door. harris said she walked up and down miles of road to try to nd the box carrying teddy's remains. >> i feel unjust for this animal, that he was born in such a rrific thing. it's like he's trash is how i felt.

>> reporter: valley pet general manager david drory said this is the first time remains have been lost in the 30-year history. something like this is the last thing we would want to happen to a family. underage drinking and hazing at g.w. they are investigating five fraternities and sororities. w. hatchet reports that two of them have been suspended and cannot hold membership meetings or social events. g.w. students are involved in greek letter life. someone may want to call the fashion police on redskins running back clinton portis. he was sporting a philadelphia phillies at redskins par four days before the redskins take on the eagles. portis says he's not necessarily a phillies fan just a fan of the color. >> i just felt like wearing red today. it didn't have nothing to do

with the phillies. i just felt like wearing red today. this is the only outfit i had, so i put it on. >> if he likes so much, washingtonians asks why not put on a caps hat or nats hat. says he doesn't own one. >> does he own one? please! it's time for the 10-second soundoff here at news 4. you all have aot on your minds. >> we are giving you the chance to let it all out. pat collins is up extra early and outn the cold at the horner road commuter lot in woodbridge. pat will tell us what we'll pooem are sounding off about. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, eun. good morning, joe. look behind me. you can almost see the rosy fingers of dawn coming up here at this commuter lot. you know, when you get up in the

morning around 3:00 then you come to a lot like this, you stand in the cold and wait for a bus. or you stand in the cold in a slug line. when someone comes up and says, what's on your mind? well, i'll tell you what's on your mind. traffic. h.o.t.lanes. here's what they're saying in woodbridge. soundoff. >> it is an interesting morning here in d.c. area. it's very cold. >> athing else? >> no. >> it's very early in the morning and we're in the slug line trying to go to wo where everybody else is probably not going to work because it's the day after a holiday. >> and you're jealous? >> i'm jealous. >> time's up. >> go h.o.v. i love it out here. soundoff. >> the traffic out here is rely bad. i went the other night and had

to walk light, eight cars went by and didn't stop. i was in the crosswalk. completely disregarding the rules as far as traffic goes. >> soundoff. >> good morning, usa. that's all i havto say. thank you. do away with the paid lanes on the h.o.v. lanes. don'go that way. keep them open for anybody to travel. >> open it up. >> open up the h.o.v. lanes. >> make it an h.o.t. lane. we don't need it this way. keep it opened up for the regur peop that do the h.o.v.s. >> so what do you thi they feel about the h.o.v. and o.t. lanes out here, huh? strong feels about people trying to get to work, up 95, on their way to washington early in the morning. come on back lat. we'll be talking about thanksgiving. we're going to be talking about the weekend.

we're going to be sounding off. eun, back to you. >> they are up in arm about the hot lanes. you have to pay to use the h.o.v. lanes. pat, thanks so much. we will see you soo >> thanks, pat. a nice day dawning out there, tom? >> yeah, but it's colder than a brass bell. >> or cow bell. >> at or below freezing in much of the region. right where pat was, below freezing. woodbridge, near 30 degrees. elwhere, in the 20s throughout much of virginia and maryland. near washington, though. upper 30s. near the bay near 40. later today, low 60s, bright a sunny. sunny in the afternoon. highs mid-60s. a bit cooler. still mild and pleasant weekend coming up. chilly in the mornings. monday, might get a passing shower. a small chance of that. greater likehood skins game will be dry monday night. wetn tuesday but dry after that. how is the traffic, jerry?

>> high above silver spring on the capital beltway. both directions between i-95 and 355 a little volume. lanes open. south of town, a different story. accidentnner loop between route 1 and telegrh road. still taking up at least one of the travel lanes. pretty sizable backup. one more stop this go round. interstate 66 inside the beltway headed towards east falls church metro crawling. accident in the two-lane stretch with left lane taken away. metro, no deays. vre, fredericksburg, 302, 304 delayed. mark rail, brunswick 874, penn 503. >> 41 degrees. history change that may be coming to a liquor storeear you. the trip of a lifetime. passengers to the stranded cruise ship are sharing their stories. wait until you hear the tales th have to tell. and the man behind a very popular cartoon is now

the creator of the garfield comic strip has apologized for a strip that offended veterans.

which showed the cat about to hit a spider. he said the day will be remained natial stupid day if it was killed. garfield's creator jim davis said the stripad nothing to do with veterans day that was created more than a year ago and the print date was chosen completely at random. budget cuts could mean you will soon have to pay to get into the smithsonian museum. president obama's deficit reduction commission reported congress cut $2 million from the smithsonian institution's budget and ben charging admission fees to make up for the lost money. it could be made up by charging $7.50 per customer. it has been free since it was founded in 1846. 6:27. 41 degrees. the major change that soon may be coming to our local liquor store. a woman complains she was denied service at a local conveniee store because of what she was wearing. dawn here at the nation's capital. 40 degrees.

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>> good morning. welcome back to news 4 today. i'm joe krebs. i'm eun yang. it is friday, november 12th, 2010. a beautiful sky out there. as sunrise is nearing the nation's capital. so nice out there. we have had nice weather, too. >> sunrise beginning later and later even though we fell back last weekend. they're getting a minute later. this morning, 6:47. in 16 minutes. righnow, 6:31. it's at or below freezing throughout most of the region. right near washington and near the bay. right now national airport 38. georgetown, district heights, fewer field, sandy spring, gaithersburg a clear sky. by noon ime, should warm up to the id-50s. by early to midafternoon, we should briefly touch the 60s.

chilly start for saturday. a look at saturday and sunday in ten minutes. how is the traffic now? >> chopper 4 over the scene of the accident. now we get some pictures from the sky of the accident inside the capital beltway along interstate 66. as you head through falls church, the accident takes away the left lane of two at that point. everody is squeezing down to just one single travel lane. as a result traffic inbond 66 delays will begin as you come off the dulles connector. this is inbound inside the capital beltway. coming to a grinding halt quickly. definitely need extra time. patience will be needed with an accident inner loop between route 1 in alexandria and telegraproad. fullback to maryland. show you what it looks like traveling out of oxen hill. coming to a grinding halt as you come down from at least 295 across the wilson bridge headed for the accident in alexandria.

vre, two delays. 302 and 304. mark rail, brunswick 874, significantly delayed. reaching towar 30 minutes now. penn 405 under ten minutes at this hour. joe? >> jerry, thanks very few. on top of breakingnews. a man shot and killed at 11th and galloway in northeast. this happened at fort circle park. police say they're looking for a gray chevy tahoe with two people side. right now president obama is in japan for the final leg of his 10-day tour of asia. it touched down 30 minutes ago. the president will attend another economic conference. rlier today he held a press conference in seoul, south korea, following the g-20 summit. the president is walking away from that meeting empty handed after failing to secure a trade agreement with south korea. president obama said he is confident that could still happen if given more time.

i've always said that i'm not interested in signing a trade agreement just for the sake of an announcement. i'm inrested inrade agreements that increase jobs and exports for the united states. and hopefully also increase opportunities for our tding partners. >> president obama also me little progress with china in talks about currency. the u.s. has long accus china of deliberately keeping its dollar low in order to boost its exports. a poster around his neck, pieting for peace treaty end the korean war. lee is known for a tree planting campaign here in the u.s. this morning passengers once uck on board a stranded cruise ship are sharing their stories. they spent nearly a week without

a hot shower, little electricity and nothing remotely close to the all-you-can-eat buffets. it was more like all the spam and pop-tarts you can eat. aaron, many described their trip as a nightmare. >> reporter: joe, three miserable days on board the carnival splendor. everybody made the best of a bad situation there, but they said that was n easy. passengers described how their cabins rattled as theruise ship came to a complete stop 200 miles from san diego. there was a fire in one of the engine rooms the. sblen door lost power, cabins filled with smoke. passengers say at one point crew members told them to head for the life boats. turned out that wasn't necessary. but 4,500 passengers and crew members were stranded at sea with no air-conditioning, no hot water, and after a while, no decent food. the food was a little bit cold. >> we had sandwiches, lots of salad. >> and salad. i think we lost ten pounds.

>> by the time you got there it was just pieces of bread. >> did you see the spam? d you eat it? >> i think it was vienna sausages. it was nasty. yes, i did eat it. >> the power went out. no running water. sewage backed up for a good 24 hours. no flushing toilets. we used our sinks to take showers, sponge baths. >> i'm not sure if i want to cruise again. it felt like gilligan's island. >> the navy brought in food items. mexican tug boats arrived to ll splendor to san diego. carnival said everybody got a refund. a free future crse as well and theyaid to fly people back home. joe, back to you >> okay. thanks very much, aaron. quite an experience. a northern virgia woman claims she is the victim of religious discrimination. she said a fast mart would not sell her anything because she wore an islamic head scarf.

faisson says the clerk told her it was for security reasons. >> sheaid the camera can't see your face. and i had moved it back a little so she can see the lining of my hair. and she wouldn't sell me anything out of the store. and i felt discriminated against. >> fast mart issued a statement saying it has a zero tolerance policy involving any type of discrimination. the rimond-based convenience store suspended e clerk while investigating the incident. >>aking liquor stores privately owned is a hot topic in montgomery county this morning. county executive ike leggett said he rejectedhe idea in the past but he is willing to reconsider it. virginia governor bob mcdonald is exploring a similar

money-making plan. earlier this week leggett announced montgomery county liquor stores can sell alcohol on sundays. that could bring in an extra $ million a year. some relief monday morning. what starts th a -- and ends with a -- the 10-second soundoff coming up, news 4. >> our time right now 6:38. 37 degrees. we'll have weather and traffic together on the ones coming up. and we're following some breaki news. take a look at this backup. this is i-66. you'll want to hear about this one. stay with us. we're right back.

good morning. time for weather and traffic on the ones. 6:41 early on this friday morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. a clear sky and cold temperatures. at o below freezing most locations this morning except in washington and right near the bay. elsewhere,e'll have lots of sunshine today with highs reaching t low 60s. out of the mountains, though, it will be colder. and tomorrow chilly in the morning. again, probably not as cold as this morning. afternoohighs, mid-60s.

lots of sun. a terrific day. a small chance of a shower on monday that might affecthe skins game monday night. a look at next week in t minutes. how is the traffic, jerry? breaking news having a major impact on a lot of folks's commute this morning. chopper 4 over the scene of the accident. inbound i-66 inside the beltway, very close to the east falls church metro station in the two-lane stretch. authorities still dealing with this accident. a couple vehicles involved, one of which went into the jersey wall. as a result, inbound 66 delays not too long after you leave the beltway. very close to the beltway exit as we pull back you can see the delays developg quickly. inbound i-66 inside the beltway. so heads-up for that. let's head over and see how we're doing on i-270. no surprises so far. just a little bit of volume. out on the rails this morning, metro is doing fine. vre having some minor issues. all in all, not that bad.

mark rail, major delays on brunswick, train 874 delayed. now 30 minutes. seven-minute penn line 405. joe, eun. >> thank you, jerry. >> 6:42. 37 degrees. tea party pushing for a new look for license plates in the area. a story you'll see only on 4. why two emts are und investigation for their response time for a call th ended up with a -year-old woman dead. why a ♪ where'd you learn to do that so well. ♪

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>> what took an ambulance more than 15 minutes to respond to a woman blocks away bleeding to deh from a medical incision in her neck? it's a question the d.c. fire department wants to know. it happened inorthwest washington and the woman did die

from injury her injuries. elaine reyes is live with more on this exclusive. good morning, elaine. >> reporter: good morning, joe. it's a qstion that the woman's family members also want answered. investigators are trying toind if any of the first responders lied about that incident. it happened back in september early one morning. 72-year-old christina was bleeding uncontrollably from a shunt in her neck. a fire truck arrived six minutes after the call. when it radioed to ask for the ambulance it's alleged it was not at the firestation a few blocks away but instead closer to a different firestation at rhode island avenue and fourth street northwest where it was about to end a shift. now right now d.c. fire and ems is investigating this incident as we said. right now they're not commenting on this case. we're live in columbia heights. aine reyes, news 4. >> thanks very much.

nurses at washington hospital center are planning to go through with a one-dastrike on the day before thanksgiving. national nurses united says understaffing is hurting patient care. the union now hopes a strike will force a new deal with hospital management. they're still hopeful for a relution, however, they have a contingency plan in case there is a strike. a group known for protesting homosexuality and picketing at funerals of soldiers is now targeting high school students in maryland. they are planning to protest tomorrow a school play attracted this controversy. it is about a town in larramie

where a student was murdered. it led to a federal hate crime law. students say they have no plans to have a counter protest tomorrow evening. beginning next year, paying to gto college in maryland may cost moremoney. governor martin o'malley says after a four-year freeze the tuition rate cannot is stay flat much longer. he is pushing for a 3% incase next year. o'malley says he hopes to keep the increase at 3% for the next four years. tea party activists in virginia may soon be able to show political pride on their bumpers. stay state lawmakers want to present a plate. it will feature the phrase "don't tread on me" with rattlesnake and yellow emblem on the flag. that's the symbol of the tea party movement. the plate could be issued in virginia once 350 paid

applications are submitted to the dmv. 600 people have expressed interest in the plates. the ballot count in alaska is getting pretty ugly. senator lisa murkowski's team accused rival joe miller of making approximate petty challenges had iher write-in campaign. a miller observer challenged a vote from murkowski that appeared to have her name printed and spelled correctly though the "l" was in cursive handwriting. murkowski launched a write-in campaign after losing the republican nomination to miller. under state law write- ballots must have the al filled in and either the candidate's last name or the name as it appears on their declaration. phonetic spelling will also be counted. new this morning nissan insured a major recall involving a half million vehicles. cnbc courtney reagan joins us live with more on this story. hi, courtney. >> reporter: good morning, joe. nissan is recalling frontier

pickup trucks and xterras because the steering shafts c coode. they were made between 2001 and 2008 and sold right here in the u.s. nissan is also recalling 18,000 sentras because a faulty battery connection could cause the car to stall at low speeds. fedex expects to ship 16 million packages on december 13th, the busiest day of the year. that's the highest prediction ever for a single day, up 11% from last year. they are in partnership with the postal service and deals with gifts ordered online. if people are shipping, people are buying. so far it looks like consumer confidence is doing pretty well for the holidays. if wese that as a measure. >> certainly good news. hope it holds out. thanks very much, courtney. have a great weekend. >> reporter: you too.

are you a military veteran looking for a job? metro may be looking for you. it is opening its doors and payroll to former service membs. it is holding a fair from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. among the positions metro is looking to fill, mechanics, engineers, rail traffic controllers ancommunications technicians. the transit agency is trying to honor veterans for their service to this country. let's check in with tom and see what the forecast is going to be like to see whether the sun popped over the horizon yet. >> it has. just a couple minutes ago it did. live view from sky watcher looking to the east. pristine sunrise. and it is cold this morning. cold enough for snow. in fact, 23 years ago today we had about a foot of snow on the ground in washington. that was snow that fell on the 11th of november back in 1987. we were digging out the following day. in fact, the eastern suburbs had over 15 inches of snow that day. well, let's take a look now. yeah, it is cold enough for

snow. it's a clear sky this morning. temperatures are down into the 20s and near 30 degrees throughout most of the region. washingt, uppe 30s. upper 30s to near 40 by the chesapeake bay, southern maryland and eastern shore. away from the waters in southern maryland near freeng. very cold this morning. western maryland and west virginia. many locations in the low 20s. view from space showing the clear sky thanks to a high ridge of pressure all the way down to the gulf coast. you need a coat, hat and gloes for the bus stop this morning. it's not going to warm up for another couple hours. by noon time, mid-50s. by early to midafternoon, low 60s. after sunset, which today is at 4:57, that gets earlier and earlier. overnight tonight, clear. 40s through the evening. good weather for high school games. tomorrow morning, mid-30s. during the day on saturday, bright and sunny. all the games tomorrow. highs in the mid-six.

sunday, w 60s with a few clouds around during the afternoon. chilly in the morning. monday, partly cloudy. greater odds are that the skins/eaes game dry monday night. and cool. chopper 4 remains over the scene of the accident on 66 as we continue to follow this breaking news inside the capital beltway. fairf fairfax, east falls church metro station, wo-lane stretch. only the left lane was blocked. that is certainly enough. only one lane getting by. a little hard to see now that the sun is at a angle. difficult to see the accident. delays begin just as you leave the capital beltway on 66 inbound. so that's not the way to go for the time being. authorities working feverishly to get that accident out on the roadw roadway. it's going to be a tough, tough commute. that's what it looks like. beltway, maryland, outer loop at university boulevard.

left lane tied up. reaching back to the i-95 interchange. out to the rails we go. metro, no delays. vre, fredericksburg 306 and 304 delayed. ma, brunswick 874 now delayed 30 minutes. and brunswick 876 slightly delayed at this hour. >> crews are putting the finishing touches on ohio drive but need one more weekend to finish the job. at 11:00 the road will be completely shut down to independence avenue at 23rd street. it will reopen no later than 5:00 in the morning on monday for rushour trfic. today drivers in the district will want to be extra careful at several busy intersections. three new red light cameras are now issuing tickets. they are located at connecticut and porter street, 14th and k, and third sreet and new york avenue northwest. the cameras have been up about a

month but police have only been issuing warnings. now, though if you get caught going through a red light you will receive a $75 ticket in the mail. good morning, erin. good morning, joe. here's what we know so far. 3:00 a.m., a man was shot in the head and killed at fort circle park at 11th and galloway streets northeast. police are looking for a gray chevy tahoe with two people inside. president oma just arrived in tokyo to wrap up his 10-day trip to asia. it is the final stop on his four-country economic goodwill tour. and back on dry land. 3,000 vacationers on a carnival cruisehip got back to san diego after days at sea with no electricity, no t water, no hot food. some say that was their last

cruise. that's a quick look at the headlines. joe, eun, back to you. >> aaron, thanks very much. all morning we have been bringing you the 10-second soundoff. >> your choice to tell us in ten seconds or less what's on your mind. news 4's own pat collins has en in woodbridge all morning long listening. pat, what are folks talking about? well, nowhey're talking about the redskins. they're talking about thanksgiving. they're talking about the weeke. woodbridge commuters sounding off. soundoff. >> thanksgiving >> to everyone? >> to everyone. >> a you gng to have turkey? >> no. >> what are you having? >> i'm going vegetarian this year. >> oh. no turkey? >> no, just vegetables. >> soundoff. >> have a great weekend. >> what are you doing ts weekend? >> staying in the house. >> that's exciting. >> that's the orders.

>> got to obey the orders. >> got my hone do list. >> soundf. >> hope the redskins win. >> think they will? >> i think so. >> think mcnabb will play the whole game? >> doubt it. >> soundoff. >> i hope the redskins win too. i love my husbandnd god. >> soundoff. say whatever you want. >> good morning. >> you can say anything you want for ten seconds. >> good morning, washington. >> good morning to you. >> thank you. >> happy friday. >> thank you. you too. >> are you ready for the weekend? >> yes. >> okay. so stand by. the 10-second soundoff could be coming to your neighborhood soon. so keep it short. keep it clean. and clekeep it snappy. joe, back tyou. >> thanks very much. a lot of congenial folks this morning. people didn't have a lot of repressed anger or things they

were really upset about today. >> yesterday was a holiday. today is friday. tomorrow is the weekend. what's not to like? >> that's very true. >> is the whistle still working? we've got to get a new whistle next week, i'll tell you. >> you don't want for the nfl, do you? >> that's good. thanks, pat, very much. >> yeah. at was brann, our producer. >> he did a great job. >> all right. let's get another check of the forecast before we go. >> whistle was frozen. out there below freezing. there's the sunrise. live view from sky watcher camera. cold. below freezing in the buyer region except near washington and near the bay. later today we should make it to the low 60s. lots of sunshine. briefly only the low 60s. most of the day rather cool. cleaand chilly. mid-30s by dawn saturday. highs into the mid-60s.

on sunday few clouds around. highs into the 60s agin. a little bit cooler monday. more clouds. a small chance of a shower monday afternoon or evening. i think the greater chance for the skins and eagles will be dry for the big game monday night. looks wet for tuesday. possible showers. and then dry for wednesday and thursday. jerry, how is the commute now? >> we continue to follow breaking news northern virgia that just mad a mess of this morning's commute for a lot of folks on interstate 66. chopper 4 ove the scene. 66 inbou inside the beltway. close to falls church metro station in the two-lane stretch. delays reaching back to the capital beltway exi so forget about 66 inside the beltway for the time being. quick check on the outer loop. university boulevard. accidents had been in the left lane. backup at college park. be careful and have a wonderful weekend. >> you too jerry. anksery much. that is news 4 today. thank you fo starting your friday with us. >> "today" show is next.